“In a codified, commodified and often rigid art world, the artist is often stifled and forced into a clearly identifiable box in order to be successfully marketed. Galleries and institutions often pander according to taste, style and output, a practice that is limiting to the artist and often retards or extinguishes the creative mind in favor of consistency of brand. Yes, many artists are driven by obsession and fixation on particular forms and ideas, but many also explore their art in various channels and mediums - often without outlet or exposure.

The premise of the exhibition ‘Alt-Egos’ is to illuminate work by artists that is wholly different from that which they are known in the public eye. It is my belief that many artists foster multiple creative canons in their investigations of the world, and many have more than one outlet for their creativity. The ego in art can be synonymous with ‘style’ or ‘manner’, and this exhibition would like to break that mold to offer the viewer a new look at the chosen artists oeuvre. An ‘alter ego’ or pseudonym is very liberating, it allows the artist to masquerade without self-consciousness, develop art that investigates alternative concerns, and stretches new creative muscles.

Artists selected for the show come from many stages of career, genre, mode, and creative endeavor. Work selected reflects an alternate portfolio of each artist, drawing from early work, experiments, side projects, hidden talents, and even crafts.”

CRUSH CURATORIAL is an artist-run curatorial project founded by Karen Hesse Flatow in 2013. CRUSH CURATORIAL collaborates with artists and guest curators to host exhibitions in New York City’s Chelsea Gallery district and Amagansett, NY: www.crush-curatorial.com

ABOUT SCOTT BLUEDORN / NEOTERIC PROJECTS

Scott Bluedorn is a multimedia artist, curator and director of Neoteric Projects, acontinuation of a physical gallery founded in 2012 in Amagansett, NY focusing on presenting emerging and established artists of the east end of Long Island in thematic pop-up exhibitions and special events.